Few people are onto great records as quickly as a great record store.
Phonica’s end of year lists are always a treasure trove for undersung gems, so we realised we ought to just give the shop’s learned staff their own slot on FACT. Every Saturday, the team behind the counter at the Soho institution select five vinyl records you should pick up this week.
PATRICK COWLEY
Muscle Up LP
(Dark Entries)
Another sizeable re-issue from Dark Entries and Honey Soundsystem Records of gay porn soundtracks from San Francisco’s Patrick Cowley, an influential disco producer who pioneered his own brand of Hi-NRG dance music. Muscle Up includes soundtrack music from two Fox Studio films alongside bonus songs from the era, pressed onto vinyl for the first time. The packaging includes giant fold-out poster, essay, and replica artwork.
RUNE LINDBAEK
Norsk Tripping
(Norsk Tripping)
Five brand new weapons from Oslo’s Rune Lindbaek including ‘Higher’, as featured on the Boiler Room Milan show. Disco and rock flips, early ’80s dub, Afro edits, sunrise vibes. Limited run for the fiends.
TARIKA BLUE
‘Truth Is The Key’
(Athens Of The North)
Effortless gems from Tarika Blue via the always on point AoTN re-issue label, including ‘Dreamflower’ as sampled by Erikah Badu. Never before pressed on 7″.
PHIL STROUD
‘The Forest’ b/w ‘Yemaja’
(Good Company Records)
Two extended instrumental cuts from Perth’s Phil Stroud on local label Good Company Records, blowing in like a perfect breeze from the southern hemisphere.
LOWTEC
Angstrom EP
(Workshop)
Three cuts of subtle house and ambient grooves originally released by Polyfon finding a second lease of life via Workshop.
